Painful MemoriesDuring the filming, Hannes sits a little aside. He nods often while listening to his father telling his story. The TV crew beckons him over, eager to hear his side of the story. “I remember lying on my stomach after the fall. I could see my hands, but it felt as if I had rammed them into the ground below me. I could move my hands a little, but couldn’t move my legs.” Hannes received powerful medication during initial treatment on-site. He woke up in the hospital days later, after several surgeries. He remembers the time that followed as extremely dark and riddled with nightmares. “I really couldn’t think about it a lot. My body invested all its strength in fighting to stay alive.”He only realised the extent of his spinal cord injury some time later. “I only realised the extent when the nurses put me in a wheelchair. That’s when I comprehended that I was paralysed and understood - at least in part - the effect this has on my life.”Hannes returned home after his rehabilitation, which meant that the whole house of the Kinigadner family in Tyrol had to be made accessible by wheelchair. This realisation allowed the extent of the injury to sink in a little more. “Suddenly you need to avoid contracting skin problems, because you can’t feel anything anymore. Suddenly you can’t go to the toilet alone and are always dependent on others. The accident changed absolutely everything.”Hannes is quadriplegic, which means that he only has limited use of his arms. “It means I need help when getting dressed, eating, drinking, and washing. Basically, I need help for everything.”